Aide Memoire

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

A new report by the Northern Ireland Development Group makes the case for 'total transformation' of loyalist paramilitary groups. It raises important…

Aug 13 • Aaron Edwards

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June 2026

No Smoke Without Fire?

There have been conflicting reports about the involvement of loyalist paramilitaries in the recent riots in Northern Ireland - but what is the truth of…

Jun 29 • Aaron Edwards

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February 2026

The Vanishing Commissar

As the fallout over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal continues, Queen's University in Belfast has cut all its ties with its former Chancellor, Senator George…

Feb 3 • Aaron Edwards

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December 2025

Stones Left Unturned: Op Kenova, Collusion and the IRA Assassination of John Bingham

The publication of the Operation Kenova report into a British spy network inside the IRA has left one trail to run cold: Collusion in the murder of…

Dec 10, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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August 2025

Northern Ireland's Past is an Active Crime Scene

Another week, another refusal by the National Archives to release public records into the public domain.

Aug 13, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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July 2025

Mainland UDA Brigade Stands Down

The London UDA claims to have transitioned into an "old comrades association" – what does this mean for Northern Ireland’s loyalist paramilitaries?

Jul 28, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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UVF to Issue “General Order of Disbandment”

Sources close to the UVF tell me that the group’s leadership is close to making a deal with the British government on what is being referred to as a…

Jul 4, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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June 2025

Paramilitary Group Transition and the Sunk-Cost Fallacy

Why the process of 'conflict transformation' has failed to tackle paramilitarism

Jun 19, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

The UVF Sink the Wink!

How I broke the news of Winston Irvine's expulsion from the UVF

Jun 9, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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D-Day for the UVF

It has become clear from further reports finding their way to me from multiple sources that a secret meeting did indeed take place on the Shankill on…

Jun 6, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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No More Nods for the Wink

My sources close to the UVF have confirmed to me that a secret meeting of the 1st Belfast Battalion of the organisation was held last night in the…

Jun 5, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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May 2025

Captain Robert Nairac GC

Why Re-Investigate One of the Darkest Moments in the Troubles?

May 20, 2025 • Aaron Edwards

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